fantabulous news , study of the King of all Monsters : Oscar - win director Takashi Yamazakiis repay to the world ofGodzilla .
This morning , as Yamazaki ’s blockbuster record - makerGodzilla Minus Onereturns to theatersin celebration of the 70th anniversary of the original 1954 classic , Toho support that it has greenlit a newGodzillamovie with Yamazaki at the helm . As he did withMinus One , Yamazaki will write , verbatim , and supervise VFX . No further detail were announced about the picture show , including whether or not Yamazaki ’s new task would bea direct continuation toGodzilla Minus Oneor a new , standalone entry in the blanket dealership .
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Minus Oneconcluded with the titulary teras seemingly kill thanks to the efforts of former kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima ( Ryunosuke Kamiki ) before he could lay waste to post - war Japan , but its final moments teased Godzilla slowly rectify from his deathly lesion in the depth of the ocean — as well as a potentially minacious reason behind the miraculous endurance of Shikishima ’s love interest group , Noriko ( Shin Kamen Rider‘s Minami Hamabe ) , who Yamazaki lately revealed was perish to perish in early drafts of the film .
“ Truth be told , the very first draft , Noriko go . So I scan it over and over again , and I consider , ‘ Can we really do that to Shikishima ? ' ” Yamazaki told lover ata New York Comic Con panellast calendar month lionise 70 year of Godzilla movies . “ After all those journeys , all the Alfred Hawthorne and mountains he had to mount , vote down Godzilla , he ’d come home , and there was no one ? That would just be too tragic . ” It was only during film that Yamazaki settle to place VFX markers on Hamabe ’s neck opening , and decided to tease a potential blue cost to her survival in the kind of a growing contusion hunt up her neck as she and Shikishima embrace in the picture ’s final moment .
We ’ll have to expect and see if Yamazaki plans to follow up on that , or is take Godzilla in a new direction entirely . But we ’re very happy to see him partnering up with the biggest champion in cinema once more . We ’ll wreak you more on Yamazaki ’s plans forGodzillaas and when we read them .
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